The urging of Congress by president Gerald Ford to approve legislation making Puerto Rico the fifty-first state sparks a discussion as to whether statehood would indeed be beneficial to the island and its people. Susan Carter, journalist, Richard Copaken, Counsel to Puerto Rico and James Benitez, former Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner, form the panel that examines the economic and political issues concerning Puerto Rico's status.
"The urging of Congress by president Gerald Ford to approve legislation making Puerto Rico the fifty-first state sparks a discussion as to whether statehood would indeed be beneficial to the island and its people. Susan Carter, journalist, Richard Copaken, Counsel to Puerto Rico and James Benitez, former Puerto Rico Resident Commissioner, form the panel that examines the economic and political issues concerning Puerto Rico's status."@en
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